- The Political Time Bomb at the Heart of Republican Obamacare Alternatives: Higher Costs for More Americans Los Angeles Times by Noam Levey—Republicans came into office this year promising to rescue Americans from rising health care bills by repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. But the party's emerging health care proposals would shift even more costs to patients, feeding the very problem GOP politicians complained about under Obamacare. And their solutions could hit not only Americans who have Obamacare health plans, but also tens of millions more who rely on employer coverage or on government health plans such as Medicaid and Medicare.
- Lifetime Health Insurance Caps Worry Those Facing Chronic Illness USA Today by Holly Fletcher —Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration have vowed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, which, when signed into law by President Obama in 2010, removed lifetime limits on how much an insurer would spend on a member while on a plan. If limits are again allowed, patients will be responsible for all costs incurred after the cap is hit.